The Diaries, a mess of a play now being presented at the New Theatre in Coral Gables, begins with the suggestion of something better. A young American scholar is about to give a campus talk about his Nazi grandfather’s diaries, controversial documents that may be either a monster’s apology or…
If an expedition into the far reaches of Broward County can be thought of as a safari — and sometimes I think it can — then I bagged some big game on a recent adventure that took me first far west, to the Sunrise Civic Center, then south to the…
Sometimes, exhibitions at the little Mark K. Wheeler Gallery at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale seem almost like an afterthought, as if somebody suddenly remembered, “Oh, we have a gallery to fill!” and then hastily threw something together. The current show, “Marginal Terrain: New Work by Trina Renee Nicklas…
Hey, girls, you can get rid of that envy now. Guys aren’t the only ones with the long poles — not since Betty Baumann started running a fishing skills clinic for women in 1997. Her husband “was a good angler,” she says, “but he wanted to fish — not spend…
Mystery authors just love Florida THU 3/3 More than 250 mystery writers and their groupies descend on Sleuthfest today at the Renaissance Hotel (1617 SE 17th St. Cswy., Fort Lauderdale) for four days of author/editor/agent parties, workshops, and seminars. Can you smell the gunshot residue yet? Why is there so…
What did Miró’s parents do to him? FRI 3/4 In Barcelona, he was the man. In the art world, he was the numero uno surrealist. But before Joan Miró’s tremendous success, he enrolled in business school at 14. Later, Miró quit an accounting job to dazzle the world with oodles…
Give Dan Harris, the writer/director of Imaginary Heroes, plenty of credit for boldness and ambition. Not many kids fresh out of Columbia University would have the wherewithal to tackle a complex family-crisis drama with four or five kinds of trouble running through it and half a dozen crucial minor characters…
The novel Be Cool, written by Elmore Leonard in 1999 while the ink was still wet on the publisher’s advance, existed only because the beloved writer of seedy thrillers and Westerns knew it was guaranteed gold — the sequel to the 1991 hit novel Get Shorty that, in 1995, became…
Based on the success of their TV work, beloved among those who swim in the deep end of bongwater, Lennon and Garant have done considerable rewrite work on scripts considered not funny enough; among others, they’re said to have added to Starsky & Hutch the scene in which Ben Stiller…
With Saint Patrick’s Day on the horizon, the Irish are likely to briefly reenter the public consciousness. Beyond the usual beer and blarney, even the most casual thoughts of Ireland tend to center on its long struggle against foreign invasion and domination; the English went at it for 800 years…
Good news. The Promethean Theatre is a young company to watch, and its debut production of Orange Flower Water is as exciting as it is promising. Directed by Margaret M. Ledford with a keen eye for detail, the local premiere of Craig Wright’s intense domestic drama treks through familiar territory…
My favorite image of Louise Bourgeois is a photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe. Tucked neatly under the artist’s right arm is what at first glance might be mistaken for a huge loaf of French bread. A closer look confirms that the object is one of Bourgeois’ more brazenly phallic sculptures, and…
Sometimes, the most thrilling exhibits await discovery in odd places. At the north end of NE Second Street in Delray Beach, in the part of Pineapple Grove that has barely been touched by the area’s cultural makeover, waits the Women in the Visual Arts Gallery. The gallery showcases art that…
THU 3 Hate your day job? Maybe you should put on a wig, cross-dress, and start singing songs like “When You’re Good to Dubya” or “Baby Dyke.” Hey, it worked for Ben Schatz, a Harvard grad and civil rights lawyer who wrote President Clinton’s HIV policy. And it worked for…
Legendary photographer Ansel Adams once said, “I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term — meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching — there would…
Globetrotters rock the striped shorts in Boca MON 3/7 If you’re wondering why the Harlem Globetrotters didn’t make it to the NBA playoffs last season, it’s because the Globetrotters aren’t in the NBA! In fact, they’re not in any league — they just play the same old team — the…
Comic wisdom SAT 3/5 In times like these, it’s good to know that you can still go out and see a performer who’s not afraid to “go there.” Armed with an abundance of politically charged material, Korean-American comic Margaret Cho not only goes there; she lives there. And we’re not…
Come on, say it. Let us all know how ignorant you are, thinking that Bob Saget actually resembles the squeaky-clean persona we remember from Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos. Those of us with a clue already know that Saget’s standup act is a bit of a shocker to…
THU 24 Osama bin Laden has been found! And he’s been hanging out with Katherine Harris! All right, so they’re only actors and they don’t even look that much like their subjects, but that’s part of what makes The News in Revue so damned funny. The Connecticut-based “troupe of singing…
SpongeBob SquarePants — who holds hands with his friend Patrick, a sea sponge, and was recently condemned by conservative Christians — isn’t the only cartoon character to catch heat lately. Have you seen that T-shirt/wallet/address book that says, “Boys are stupid — Throw rocks at them”? The design’s creator, Todd…
Get up, stand up SAT 2/26 Few musicians can say they transcended their craft to achieve the vaunted status of cultural icon, especially if you consider an untimely demise to be a prerequisite. John Lennon, Elvis Presley, and Jimi Hendrix may have defined their generations, but none can claim the…
Probably not the Magic SAT 2/26 Dwyane Wade should be looking forward to this weekend, when the Heat faces the Orlando Magic. Florida’s other NBA team brings with it myriad questions on defense, especially how to stop slashing guards. With the Heat getting ready to host the Magic on Saturday…
